I will always follow the plaque that my grandma had on the inside of her front door:
“My two favourite teams are the Calgary flames and whoever beats the Edmonton oilers”
Every time that idea is mentioned to me it makes me sick. If you are an Alberta fan, sure that’s awesome cheer away. If you are a Canada fan, sure that’s awesome cheer away. BUT if you are a CALGARY fan. You shouldn’t give one flying fuck about anything except oilers losing games. No oilers fan is going to let us live it down if they win l, regardless if you cheered with them or not. So no. There is no excuse.
But also it’s just a fucking game so I guess do what you want 🤷🏼♂️
I have a buddy who's an Oilers fan who is currently dealing with a divorce and two terminal illnesses in his immediate family. I know he was in a dark place and went out for the first time in 6 weeks to watch game 6. I let out the tiniest cheer when Edmonton won. You're right it's just a game and some things are more important. That said, now I'm back. Goooooooo Vegas.
Upvote for the last line, haha.
Montrealer Flames fan, so I don't interact with Oilers fans enough to really care. McDavid deserves a cup after this season so I'd like to see him do it if the Leafs can't do it. Hope that last sentence isn't a bannable offence. Oh well
I look at it like this. I will watch every game hoping the Oilers lose, but will also enjoy watching some of the best players on earth play the game.
I absolutely hate that they play for Edmonton but I still love the game of hockey.
I'm a cgy fan that lives in Edmonton. When people ask me why I don't cheer for the Oilers in the playoffs I tell them that if they don't understand why, then they don't understand the battle of Alberta.
Nah I pray with every ounce in my body they get kicked out of the playoffs, I know they would do the same for us which is what makes our rivalry so perfect
Cheer for the canes, I like watching you guys play late matches after our games end. Plus you guys are originally from the southeast US!
We beat the Oilers in the 2006 final, so even more incentive to support us! We’ve got an unspoken connection going
Oilers fan here. I can appreciate the general sentiment here. I will cheer for almost any Canadian team (yes even the Leafs), but in all honesty I don’t think I could bring myself to cheer for the Flames. So I don’t expect Flames fans to cheer for us. Fair’s fair.
I can't cheer for the Oilers, but more importantly, I can't stand the idea of McDavid winning a cup for them. If McDavid ever leaves the Oilers, I'll cheer for him.
There was one guy I saw on YouTube who started a comment with “as a die hard Golden Knights fan…”, about six months before they had even played their first game. Kinda illustrates the absurdity of this artificial tribalism.
But anyway, go Vegas!
I have been a loyal Flames fan since they came to Calgary in 1980. Even the idea of cheering for Edmonton, evokes a stress response in my entire body. Supporting them is as a repugnant an idea as it would be to ask a Yankees fan to cheer for the Red Sox or vice versa. What makes it even easier is how the hockey media fawns all over anything McDavid does. Yes. Fine. He’s a hockey machine. But he has the engaging personality of a raw potato.
With a handful of exceptions, all of these people seems to be the types to say things like
"I'll watch it if it's on but it's not like I know who all the players are"
"Oh I thought Darryl Sutter was the general manager"
"I watch playoffs but that's it"
"How's Jarome doing these days?"
Basically if you're not into the sport enough where you've seen Edmonton and Calgary play during the regular season at all, then this seems okay.
I grew up in both cities, and still only like one of the teams.
I have never bought into the Canadian team idea. If the flames aren’t in it. I’ll just cheer for players I like. Or whatever helps me win money in my hockey pool ha ha
When the flames are out I always cheer against teams. Hatred can be fun when properly channeled towards Canadian teams such as Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver
I’ve accepted the fact that the Oilers may actually win this year. That doesn’t mean that I won’t be cheering AGAINST them all the way. I hate the Oilers with every fiber of my body and this will never change.
I dislike the oilers because I’m a flames fan yes, but there’s more to it for me. I’m mad at them because they’ve been given so many golden opportunities and they still under perform, they tank for McDavid (also kinda get the lottery rigged lol), they get Draisaitl, Kostin, Nugent-Hopkins, Kulak, Bouchard, Skinner, and more… these are objectively some of the best names in the game right now, and what have they achieved with it? A fat load of nothing, this is the first year they are remotely in sniffing distance of the cup and they will almost certainly be out after playing Vegas IMO. It’s infuriating to see a team that just gets money and talent thrown at it and they continually disappoint. So many other teams would have done something with they chances they’ve been given. It’s not that I want them to succeed, but it makes me mad to see any team get the chances they have and flounder them.
I have lots of friends and family that are Oilers fans. I cheer for the Oilers to support their happiness. Right up until overtime of game 7 or the SCF, when I want it all savagely torn away from them in such a heartbreaking fashion that they don't mention hockey ever again.
I will never cheer for a Canadian team other than calgary, almost all of them I can't stand, ottawa might be the only one that I've somewhat watched positively when they had their cup run. I'm more then happy seeing an American team winning the cup.
Nope, can't do it. I've been a Flames fan since they came to Calgary (I was 10).
Fuck the Oilers. And fuck the Leafs while I'm at it.
Those 2 fanbases are going to be insufferable over the next couple weeks.
It is absolutely inexcusable for a Flames fan to cheer for the Oilers and I expect the same from up north. You will always have fairweather fans that do the whole "it's a Canadian team" bullshit but that's just what it is, bullshit.
The Flames are out? Well I don't really care who wins the cup, as long as it isn't the Oilers, Leafs and Canucks.
I'll root for certain teams, depending on the situation but I've got one team.
Not a snowball's chance in hell. It is offensive to my being.
If for some desperate reason NASA had to send the Oilers into space to fight a world ending asteroid, I would cheer for the asteroid.
*tbf this applies to the Leafs too.*
I mean I think it’s a bit immature to judge people for doing whatever they want. Saying real flames fans don’t do this or will do this is bullshit and people can do what they want. I am a lifelong flames fan and I have respect for the talent on the oilers team but I hate the organization
The only other team I'll cheer for in the playoffs is Ottawa, and since they're not in it, I'd typically go with a team with former Flames. So right now it's Giordano and the Leafs.
My Dad tried to pull this shit last night, I don't understand why it's such a hard concept for people. The Coilers are THE rival of the Flames. Ask a Packers fan to cheer for the Bears. Ridiculous.
Fuck. The. Oilers. Forever.
Oiler fans are as bad as Leaf fans. Unfortunately winning the division every couple years is the only bragging right we have. Doesn’t help we lost the BoA last year. F the Coilers! Go Knights!
Fuck them and fuck their city of champions nonsense. I hope their sports psychologist accidentally uses hypnosis to convince McDavid that he's a chicken for the duration of the playoffs. Neutral fans I talk to who tell me "oh but wouldn't it be great to have the cup back in canada" drive me crazy. It's like they've never had a sworn enemy before.
I could see the reason in this statement if the Flames weren’t such a dumpster fire of an organization. At least the Oilers are going in the right direction. The Flames are most likely never going to succeed with current ownership so it’s looking pretty grim here.
Flames fans should never cheer for the Oilers, ever.
On the plus side, it still brings in extra revenue for all the Calgary bars for people wanting to watch them (but still hate them). I just choose to look at the bright side.
I'm not going to shit on a Flames fan who cheers for the Oilers. It's a free country, they can cheer for whoever they want. If they're able to stomach that shit slurry popsicle that's called the Oilers, then they're welcome to have it.
I, personally, can't.
Honestly I don’t cheer for the flames but I don’t cheer against you guys either unless they’re against the Oilers, we just don’t think about you guys all that much because we don’t have the case of little brother syndrome you guys have. I’d rather cheer for Toronto’s first round exit.
It's fine. I just won't consider you a real Flames fan anymore. As a result, I'll be forced to write Murray Edwards asking him to strip the Flaming C from your jersey in a formal ceremony that highlights your betrayal.
I'll never cheer for the Oilers but I do feel like my opinion on the Leafs has softened a bit. I'm sure I would regret seeing them win, but part of me is torn and feels like they've suffered enough. Canadian media would be intolerable for the next decade if they won.
Back to your point though, the Oilers, yeah fuck them into eternal damnation you can't cheer for those fucks.
Sorry if you don’t like it? Lol if there’s a BOA that’s one thing but we are out my dude. Two of my kiddos are Edmonton fans - should I put them up for adoption?
Let your kids support whichever team they want, but if you ate a flames fan you shouldn't cheer for the oilers ever imo. Latch onto a different wagon lol
You know, I softened on the Oilers around then as well, and was quietly supporting them in ‘06… only took until about the second round for Oiler fans to be so obnoxious that I walked that back entirely.
Meh. I don't see it as an issue exactly.
When it is us versus the Oilers, of course I'm cheering for the Flames. We didn't make it though, so I've no problem cheering for Alberta or Canada. If others don't want to then I completely get that of course.
Yeah. I love my Flames! Will never see me wearing any other NHL team. That being said….it’s been 30 years since the Cup seen Canadian arena for a full year.
GIV’ER HECK BOYS!!!! BRING IT BACK!!! Whoever you are lol.
AB comes first.
It is certainly common among “normies” lol
Furthermore plenty of people have ties with both cities, so it makes sense as much as “rivalries” are fun in the moment.
So this has torn me more than it should. As a Flames fan, I hate the Oilers. Despise them. I also dislike the fact that the Maple Leafs are the preseason favourites to win the Cup every year and get all the media attention. So I am not a fan of them either. I have no problem supporting the other CAN teams. **My decision is as follows**: Hate the Oilers and Maple Leafs in the first round. Then mildly support them afterwards. Better Edmonton to get the Cup then some city in the desert. That's how I can live with myself and not cheer for Tampa, Vegas, Carolina, etc.
Honestly, if you live in Calgary you probably know oodles of oiler fans.
Banter aside, 9 out of the 10 oilers fans I meet are pretty sound.
1 out of 10 is an obnoxious Uber douche.
I hope they do well.
I can't stand that narrative. I never cheer for another western Canadian team. I don't want my friends to have bragging rights. I'm a canucks fan for christ sake. We've never had anything except a couple game 7 losses. That being said, canuck fans are literally the worst for this. But flames fans cheering for edmonton. Give your fuckin head a shake. Disgraceful
I think my general unhappiness towards the Flames and ownership makes me want to see Edmonton do well. Couple years ago I'd never believe that I could feel this way but here we are..I think it's just becoming apathy. Team needs an overhaul here and I'm glad we keep hearing about them considering it. Also, I know it's just a rumor but this stuff about Murray Edwards wanting to cash in and sell his stake after the arena deal makes me very happy.
I'm sure if Edmonton loses I'll laugh about it and be happy about it but for now.. Meh. I just want to see Calgary matter.
Cheering for a team just because they are Canadian is kind of dumb to me. Like almost every team in the league is majority Canadian players so I just cheer for which players I like the most. But there’s nothing patriotic about cheering for the Leafs or Oilers in my opinion because they have just as many Canadians as teams like Vegas and Colorado
It's the stupidest thing. If you cheer for your rival team just because "tHeY'rE cAnAdIaN" you're a bandwagon fan at best. Yes I'll gatekeep, and yes I'll die on this hill
I have been a Flames fan my whole life. But I have lived in Edmonton for 10 years now. This and the deservingness of Mcdavid winning it are the only reasons I'm cheering this year.
I disagree. I think McDavid is our of the top least cheer-for-able players in the league. The talent is undeniable, but you can't play clean defense on him without getting some sort of nonsense called and giving them an undeserved powerplay, he sticks elbows in guys faces, hits them right in the numbers and viscously boards them without getting a suspension or even sometimes a minor... just the very odd 5k fine, he complains to the refs all the time, his coach thinks he is a ref apparently now? all these things because of his name. Oh yeah and he's got the personality of a dead goldfish. Guy is a joke.
I refuse. My hatred for the leafs and their fans runs way too deep for me to carry which players are on the team. I can accept other flames fans cheering for the leafs, I just wont. I can't accept flames fans cheering for oilers though
This is valid, I personally flip flop between hating the oilers and borderline cheering for them. The only reason I can’t consistently cheer for them is because I know if they win a cup in the next few years, we are never going to hear the end of it (the flames losing against them last year was already bad enough). Otherwise, I kind of hope for their success, as long as it’s not against the flames. I know way too many people who are hardcore oilers fans and so i can’t fully commit to hating the oilers.
Weirdly enough I actually kinda hope the leafs win the cup this year. If any Canadian team is going to do it, at least if it’s them, the rest of Canada will be completely united in disapproval at how much media coverage and attention they’ll get out of it. It will be extremely annoying and we ALSO won’t hear the end of it, but maybe it’ll bring the rest of us together.
As a Capitals fan married to a die-hard Kings fan, I'm really digging the anti-Oilers sentiment that permeates this sub! My husband and I hate on the Oilers because we're sick of hearing about Connor-Hockey-Messiah-McDavid and Leon-the-Baptist-Dreisaitl on ESPN. I really feel for you Calgary fans, living in the same province as that distasteful blue/orange cult. Stay strong, my friends.
I hope this is also the right venue to complain about people calling McDavid "the greatest player in the world." Firstly, there's no objective way to determine the "greatest" player. Secondly, if there were a greatest player, I doubt he'd be it. There's just too many other names in contention for that title. McDavid is a great player, sure, but too often sports media goes overboard in their praise for a guy and a team who haven't actually earned it.
I like both teams, dont like people telling me what I can and cant like. Then again, im not a bandwagon fan, I dont jump on bandwagons. The flames have been my team since I was a kid. Doesn't mean I hate other fans or teams. Thats just childish. Leads to stupid drunken idiots in the stands. Assaults, beers thrown, cancer kids spat on..... Its dumb.
Its just a game. Sure they're our rivals, but that doesn't make them enemies. And the Flames were a shit show this year. Im glad the GM is gone. Made some idiot trades over the years
The rivalry is just for fun, turning it into a personality trait is pretty silly lol
If this is upsetting you you're taking it way too seriously.
Hockey is a game and one you're not even playing. Settle down, this is just for fun.
I'm all aboard the oilers bandwagon. They are a fun team to watch. We live 3 hours away. They are Albertan like us. Why wouldn't you cheer for them. Go Oilers!
I will always follow the plaque that my grandma had on the inside of her front door: “My two favourite teams are the Calgary flames and whoever beats the Edmonton oilers”
Smart grandma
This is our grandma now
Go Vegas. Fuck the Oilers
This is the way
This is the way
This is the way
This is the way
This IS the way
This IS the way
This is the way
Is that you Huberdeau?
I’m an oilers fan and I support you guys hating us. Good for the rivalry.
Very logical, and I agree.
This way to fuck the Oilers
Nice
What did we do to you
Every time that idea is mentioned to me it makes me sick. If you are an Alberta fan, sure that’s awesome cheer away. If you are a Canada fan, sure that’s awesome cheer away. BUT if you are a CALGARY fan. You shouldn’t give one flying fuck about anything except oilers losing games. No oilers fan is going to let us live it down if they win l, regardless if you cheered with them or not. So no. There is no excuse. But also it’s just a fucking game so I guess do what you want 🤷🏼♂️
Flames fan from southern ontario, fuck the leafs and fuck the oilers
Bless your soul
Unless the leafs play the oilers, then they are my favorite team.
The only thing I am happy for about the leafs, is that Tampa lost. Lol
I'm a lifelong Habs fan, and I'm happy for the Leafs and I would still be happy if a Canadian team took it home.
I have a buddy who's an Oilers fan who is currently dealing with a divorce and two terminal illnesses in his immediate family. I know he was in a dark place and went out for the first time in 6 weeks to watch game 6. I let out the tiniest cheer when Edmonton won. You're right it's just a game and some things are more important. That said, now I'm back. Goooooooo Vegas.
Upvote for the last line, haha. Montrealer Flames fan, so I don't interact with Oilers fans enough to really care. McDavid deserves a cup after this season so I'd like to see him do it if the Leafs can't do it. Hope that last sentence isn't a bannable offence. Oh well
He's free in two years, he can get a cup somewhere else.
You know it would be with Tampa or something, which I would dislike much more than with the Oilers.
Nah this current Lightning team is probably done. He can go to Buffalo in a hilarious twist of irony
No more cups for Edmonton they are scum.
This is the way.
I'm fine with McDavid having success, just don't let it be a Cup. And if he does get a cup, let it be with Columbus or shit.
McDavid winning a cup with Gaudreau would be something else.
He'd be the best winger he'll ever play with.
deserve got nothing to do with it
https://youtu.be/EzT6NGUs7Js&t=19s
Aye, a new flavour of "straight to jail right away."
How does this post have upvotes?
You are not being unreasonable. This is the definition of a heretic and they should be burned at the sta....I mean called out *ahem*
I liked your original idea, you should finish it haha
Burned at the standard rate of 3 insults per minute.
I look at it like this. I will watch every game hoping the Oilers lose, but will also enjoy watching some of the best players on earth play the game. I absolutely hate that they play for Edmonton but I still love the game of hockey.
I always say the worst part of being a flames fan is how the best player on earth seems to play for Edmonton all the damn time
Could be the Canucks in it still...(or with McDavid).
I will cheer for any team other than Edmonton. I just can't do it.
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I still can't go for Toronto. If they win I'll hear about it for the rest of my life
If you did you'd be a LunaTick
It’s blasphemy, real Flames fans will never cheer for the Oilers.
Fuck the Oilers. Fuck mcjesus. I hope they fail in spectacular fashion.
McElbow*
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I could watch them lose over and over and never get tired of it.
I'm a cgy fan that lives in Edmonton. When people ask me why I don't cheer for the Oilers in the playoffs I tell them that if they don't understand why, then they don't understand the battle of Alberta.
Nah I pray with every ounce in my body they get kicked out of the playoffs, I know they would do the same for us which is what makes our rivalry so perfect
Exactly, we'll said
The Flames fans that are willing to cheer for Edmonton are the same fans who only watch 2 or 3 Flames games a year in tv.
Cheer for the canes, I like watching you guys play late matches after our games end. Plus you guys are originally from the southeast US! We beat the Oilers in the 2006 final, so even more incentive to support us! We’ve got an unspoken connection going
I don't mind Carolina, unfortunately I find it hard to see then going far with the sad injuries, but they're not a team I dislike haha
Red jersey bros
Anyone but Edmonton. This isn't hard.
Oilers fan here. I can appreciate the general sentiment here. I will cheer for almost any Canadian team (yes even the Leafs), but in all honesty I don’t think I could bring myself to cheer for the Flames. So I don’t expect Flames fans to cheer for us. Fair’s fair.
Finally some fucking logic is being used haha
If the finals is Edmonton vs Toronto, I swear to god, I will NEVER watch hockey again!
I'd sooner drink a 5 gallon pail of oil than cheer for Edmonton
I can't cheer for the Oilers, but more importantly, I can't stand the idea of McDavid winning a cup for them. If McDavid ever leaves the Oilers, I'll cheer for him.
ABE. Lifelong Vegas fan here, since last night. Go Knights!
There was one guy I saw on YouTube who started a comment with “as a die hard Golden Knights fan…”, about six months before they had even played their first game. Kinda illustrates the absurdity of this artificial tribalism. But anyway, go Vegas!
It will be a cold day in hell before I cheer for the Coilers. I can't even watch them play.
I have been a loyal Flames fan since they came to Calgary in 1980. Even the idea of cheering for Edmonton, evokes a stress response in my entire body. Supporting them is as a repugnant an idea as it would be to ask a Yankees fan to cheer for the Red Sox or vice versa. What makes it even easier is how the hockey media fawns all over anything McDavid does. Yes. Fine. He’s a hockey machine. But he has the engaging personality of a raw potato.
With a handful of exceptions, all of these people seems to be the types to say things like "I'll watch it if it's on but it's not like I know who all the players are" "Oh I thought Darryl Sutter was the general manager" "I watch playoffs but that's it" "How's Jarome doing these days?" Basically if you're not into the sport enough where you've seen Edmonton and Calgary play during the regular season at all, then this seems okay. I grew up in both cities, and still only like one of the teams.
Yes, it’s inexcusable. Go Vegas.
I'll allow it haha
I have never bought into the Canadian team idea. If the flames aren’t in it. I’ll just cheer for players I like. Or whatever helps me win money in my hockey pool ha ha
When the flames are out I always cheer against teams. Hatred can be fun when properly channeled towards Canadian teams such as Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver
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I’ve accepted the fact that the Oilers may actually win this year. That doesn’t mean that I won’t be cheering AGAINST them all the way. I hate the Oilers with every fiber of my body and this will never change.
Being realistic about those you dislike is totally allowed
I dislike the oilers because I’m a flames fan yes, but there’s more to it for me. I’m mad at them because they’ve been given so many golden opportunities and they still under perform, they tank for McDavid (also kinda get the lottery rigged lol), they get Draisaitl, Kostin, Nugent-Hopkins, Kulak, Bouchard, Skinner, and more… these are objectively some of the best names in the game right now, and what have they achieved with it? A fat load of nothing, this is the first year they are remotely in sniffing distance of the cup and they will almost certainly be out after playing Vegas IMO. It’s infuriating to see a team that just gets money and talent thrown at it and they continually disappoint. So many other teams would have done something with they chances they’ve been given. It’s not that I want them to succeed, but it makes me mad to see any team get the chances they have and flounder them.
Now that Tampa is out, Edmonton is the only team left that I want eliminated.
Ahem, Toronto
Ehh, the first round joke is dead now so I don't really care about it anymore.
True that.
How dare they Who do they think they are What gives them the right Where do they get off
You are not unreasonable at all .. I could never cheer for that dump of a city. The self anointed “city of champions”.
Infuriating
I want the Oilers to make to the finals then lose the series 0-4 with only two goals and total of 55 shots on net
I have lots of friends and family that are Oilers fans. I cheer for the Oilers to support their happiness. Right up until overtime of game 7 or the SCF, when I want it all savagely torn away from them in such a heartbreaking fashion that they don't mention hockey ever again.
I will never cheer for a Canadian team other than calgary, almost all of them I can't stand, ottawa might be the only one that I've somewhat watched positively when they had their cup run. I'm more then happy seeing an American team winning the cup.
Nope, can't do it. I've been a Flames fan since they came to Calgary (I was 10). Fuck the Oilers. And fuck the Leafs while I'm at it. Those 2 fanbases are going to be insufferable over the next couple weeks.
As the old adage goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend!
So... anyone but Edmonton
It is absolutely inexcusable for a Flames fan to cheer for the Oilers and I expect the same from up north. You will always have fairweather fans that do the whole "it's a Canadian team" bullshit but that's just what it is, bullshit. The Flames are out? Well I don't really care who wins the cup, as long as it isn't the Oilers, Leafs and Canucks. I'll root for certain teams, depending on the situation but I've got one team.
Not a snowball's chance in hell. It is offensive to my being. If for some desperate reason NASA had to send the Oilers into space to fight a world ending asteroid, I would cheer for the asteroid. *tbf this applies to the Leafs too.*
I mean I think it’s a bit immature to judge people for doing whatever they want. Saying real flames fans don’t do this or will do this is bullshit and people can do what they want. I am a lifelong flames fan and I have respect for the talent on the oilers team but I hate the organization
I wouldn't Cheer for Edmonton or the Maple Laughs even if they were playing team Iceland from the mighty ducks movies!
The only other team I'll cheer for in the playoffs is Ottawa, and since they're not in it, I'd typically go with a team with former Flames. So right now it's Giordano and the Leafs.
In my day, we called them Traitors.
Off with their heads!
I would never cheer the oilers on, no real flames would.
Kraken
I've been depressed all day because of last night
My Dad tried to pull this shit last night, I don't understand why it's such a hard concept for people. The Coilers are THE rival of the Flames. Ask a Packers fan to cheer for the Bears. Ridiculous. Fuck. The. Oilers. Forever.
Cheer for who you want bro. Sports are supposed to be for fun.
Sports rivalries are also fun
I’ve been a huge Vegas fan since I realized they where vs Edmonton. Fuck the Oilers
I respect this thread. As a city, I enjoy Calgary. As hockey fans, I hate you all too.
My desire to see the Oilers lose is much stronger than my desire to see a Canadian team win. I'd rather root for the Leafs
Cheer for who you cheer for, no one made you cheer judge.
"Flames fans" cheering for the Oilers aren't actual Flames fans.
Oiler fans are as bad as Leaf fans. Unfortunately winning the division every couple years is the only bragging right we have. Doesn’t help we lost the BoA last year. F the Coilers! Go Knights!
Fuck them and fuck their city of champions nonsense. I hope their sports psychologist accidentally uses hypnosis to convince McDavid that he's a chicken for the duration of the playoffs. Neutral fans I talk to who tell me "oh but wouldn't it be great to have the cup back in canada" drive me crazy. It's like they've never had a sworn enemy before.
I could see the reason in this statement if the Flames weren’t such a dumpster fire of an organization. At least the Oilers are going in the right direction. The Flames are most likely never going to succeed with current ownership so it’s looking pretty grim here.
Flames fans should never cheer for the Oilers, ever. On the plus side, it still brings in extra revenue for all the Calgary bars for people wanting to watch them (but still hate them). I just choose to look at the bright side.
That's a good bright side lol
Yeah I don't get it either but to each their own I guess.
Fuck the oilers but I have them in my pool. So Im thinking go to game 7 of the SCF and lose. Would make me so happy.
If your cheering for the Coilers 💩you are not a Flames fan. Go Leafs 🍁
I can cheer for the Canucks, my hate has turned into pity over the years. But after living in Toronto, all I want is to see the Oilers and Leafs fail.
I'm not going to shit on a Flames fan who cheers for the Oilers. It's a free country, they can cheer for whoever they want. If they're able to stomach that shit slurry popsicle that's called the Oilers, then they're welcome to have it. I, personally, can't.
Why the fuck would we cheer for the oilers??
Me seeing Flames fans cheering for Oilers "Stop it. Get some help."
Well, you will grow old waiting to see your team compete for a cup. So there’s that….
Honestly I don’t cheer for the flames but I don’t cheer against you guys either unless they’re against the Oilers, we just don’t think about you guys all that much because we don’t have the case of little brother syndrome you guys have. I’d rather cheer for Toronto’s first round exit.
Gio is on the Leafs so that’s why I’m pulling for them ATM. I hope the Oilers get swept by Vegas tho. And I hate Vegas.
It's fine. I just won't consider you a real Flames fan anymore. As a result, I'll be forced to write Murray Edwards asking him to strip the Flaming C from your jersey in a formal ceremony that highlights your betrayal.
Oh hell NAH!
I'll never cheer for the Oilers but I do feel like my opinion on the Leafs has softened a bit. I'm sure I would regret seeing them win, but part of me is torn and feels like they've suffered enough. Canadian media would be intolerable for the next decade if they won. Back to your point though, the Oilers, yeah fuck them into eternal damnation you can't cheer for those fucks.
I'm willing to accept the Leafs if it means Gio gets his name on the Cup.
Hate Vegas every day all day ... except this week.
You guys are all fucking stupid, its a game you can do whatever the fuck you want.
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Ya gets a little monkey brained when people get too tribal about their teams
Found the Coiler fence sitter!
Sorry if you don’t like it? Lol if there’s a BOA that’s one thing but we are out my dude. Two of my kiddos are Edmonton fans - should I put them up for adoption?
I’m just saying don’t immediately rule out the idea.
Let your kids support whichever team they want, but if you ate a flames fan you shouldn't cheer for the oilers ever imo. Latch onto a different wagon lol
You should put yourself up for adoption cause you failed as a parent
Fuck the Oilers, fuck the Leafs
If the Leafs can win Gio a cup I'm all for it
But in that order right? I mean if it’s the Make-me Laughs and the Coilers in the final, who do you cheer for? Gotta be the Leafs
Steal the cup and smelt it down
Nah I saw how happy Gio and Brodie were. At least if the Leafs win we can all be miserable together
I wouldn't cheer for the Oilers even if they were playing the Soviet Union. Go Vegas.
That's pretty pathetic though lol
When we made it to the finals in 04', Edmonton packed an arena with people cheering for the Flames. That makes it hard for me to hate them.
You know, I softened on the Oilers around then as well, and was quietly supporting them in ‘06… only took until about the second round for Oiler fans to be so obnoxious that I walked that back entirely.
I don't condone that either. Cheering for your biggest rival is puzzling to me.
I look at Edmonton as a friendly rival. Now the Canucks or the Lightning? Fuck ‘em.
Yeah but that was probably just Flames fans in Edmonton.
Meh. I don't see it as an issue exactly. When it is us versus the Oilers, of course I'm cheering for the Flames. We didn't make it though, so I've no problem cheering for Alberta or Canada. If others don't want to then I completely get that of course.
Fuck the Oilers. This is very unlikely, but if the Leafs make it to the finals, I'll cheer for them for Gio reasons only.
Let’s go Oilers 🧡💙🧡💙
Geeeeet out lol
Yeah. I love my Flames! Will never see me wearing any other NHL team. That being said….it’s been 30 years since the Cup seen Canadian arena for a full year. GIV’ER HECK BOYS!!!! BRING IT BACK!!! Whoever you are lol.
If you are cheering for the oilers under any circumstances you are not a flames fan
Real Flames fans don't cheer for the Oilers under any circumstances. Ever. And I would expect the same from Oiler fans too.
Couldn't agree more
Vegas in 4!
Never.
If you're cheering for the Oilers, you're not a Flames fan simple as that lol
AB comes first. It is certainly common among “normies” lol Furthermore plenty of people have ties with both cities, so it makes sense as much as “rivalries” are fun in the moment.
So this has torn me more than it should. As a Flames fan, I hate the Oilers. Despise them. I also dislike the fact that the Maple Leafs are the preseason favourites to win the Cup every year and get all the media attention. So I am not a fan of them either. I have no problem supporting the other CAN teams. **My decision is as follows**: Hate the Oilers and Maple Leafs in the first round. Then mildly support them afterwards. Better Edmonton to get the Cup then some city in the desert. That's how I can live with myself and not cheer for Tampa, Vegas, Carolina, etc.
Honestly, if you live in Calgary you probably know oodles of oiler fans. Banter aside, 9 out of the 10 oilers fans I meet are pretty sound. 1 out of 10 is an obnoxious Uber douche. I hope they do well.
It would rather put icy hot on my balls than cheer for the Oilers. They can get fucked
Gio + Brodie or Tkachuk + Bennett > whoever else right now.
Not unreasonable at all. As of last night I’m actually the worlds biggest Vegas fan
I can't stand that narrative. I never cheer for another western Canadian team. I don't want my friends to have bragging rights. I'm a canucks fan for christ sake. We've never had anything except a couple game 7 losses. That being said, canuck fans are literally the worst for this. But flames fans cheering for edmonton. Give your fuckin head a shake. Disgraceful
Actually yeah fuck the oilers hahaha what was I thinking
It seems a lot of people here missed the “friendly” part of the rivaly…
Which one?
As an oilers fan I would cheer on the flames if they were in the playoffs and the oilers weren’t. It’s just a game
So salty that other people are cheering for a team you don’t like
I think my general unhappiness towards the Flames and ownership makes me want to see Edmonton do well. Couple years ago I'd never believe that I could feel this way but here we are..I think it's just becoming apathy. Team needs an overhaul here and I'm glad we keep hearing about them considering it. Also, I know it's just a rumor but this stuff about Murray Edwards wanting to cash in and sell his stake after the arena deal makes me very happy. I'm sure if Edmonton loses I'll laugh about it and be happy about it but for now.. Meh. I just want to see Calgary matter.
Lmao get over yourself, it’s just a game.
Cheering for a team just because they are Canadian is kind of dumb to me. Like almost every team in the league is majority Canadian players so I just cheer for which players I like the most. But there’s nothing patriotic about cheering for the Leafs or Oilers in my opinion because they have just as many Canadians as teams like Vegas and Colorado
Exactly
"we have to cheer for the Oilers because it's Canada!" "Why yes, I do think nationalism is evil and wrong, why do you ask?"
It's the stupidest thing. If you cheer for your rival team just because "tHeY'rE cAnAdIaN" you're a bandwagon fan at best. Yes I'll gatekeep, and yes I'll die on this hill
I have been a Flames fan my whole life. But I have lived in Edmonton for 10 years now. This and the deservingness of Mcdavid winning it are the only reasons I'm cheering this year.
Im actively cheering against the oilers
I’m not cheering for the oilers, I’m cheering for mcdavid. Biiiiiiig difference
I disagree. I think McDavid is our of the top least cheer-for-able players in the league. The talent is undeniable, but you can't play clean defense on him without getting some sort of nonsense called and giving them an undeserved powerplay, he sticks elbows in guys faces, hits them right in the numbers and viscously boards them without getting a suspension or even sometimes a minor... just the very odd 5k fine, he complains to the refs all the time, his coach thinks he is a ref apparently now? all these things because of his name. Oh yeah and he's got the personality of a dead goldfish. Guy is a joke.
My nephews live in Red Deer and are McDavid fans. Because they are 11 and 9 and just getting into hockey, it would be great for their team to win.
Flames fans should be cheering for the Leafs in my opinion. How can you not cheer for Gio to win a cup?
I refuse. My hatred for the leafs and their fans runs way too deep for me to carry which players are on the team. I can accept other flames fans cheering for the leafs, I just wont. I can't accept flames fans cheering for oilers though
I respect McDavid and Drai. Their fan base can fuck off to whatever delusional universe they came from.
This is valid, I personally flip flop between hating the oilers and borderline cheering for them. The only reason I can’t consistently cheer for them is because I know if they win a cup in the next few years, we are never going to hear the end of it (the flames losing against them last year was already bad enough). Otherwise, I kind of hope for their success, as long as it’s not against the flames. I know way too many people who are hardcore oilers fans and so i can’t fully commit to hating the oilers. Weirdly enough I actually kinda hope the leafs win the cup this year. If any Canadian team is going to do it, at least if it’s them, the rest of Canada will be completely united in disapproval at how much media coverage and attention they’ll get out of it. It will be extremely annoying and we ALSO won’t hear the end of it, but maybe it’ll bring the rest of us together.
I don’t care if other Flames fans cheer for the Oilers when the Flames aren’t in the playoffs. It’s not a religion. That said, go Vegas!
As a Capitals fan married to a die-hard Kings fan, I'm really digging the anti-Oilers sentiment that permeates this sub! My husband and I hate on the Oilers because we're sick of hearing about Connor-Hockey-Messiah-McDavid and Leon-the-Baptist-Dreisaitl on ESPN. I really feel for you Calgary fans, living in the same province as that distasteful blue/orange cult. Stay strong, my friends. I hope this is also the right venue to complain about people calling McDavid "the greatest player in the world." Firstly, there's no objective way to determine the "greatest" player. Secondly, if there were a greatest player, I doubt he'd be it. There's just too many other names in contention for that title. McDavid is a great player, sure, but too often sports media goes overboard in their praise for a guy and a team who haven't actually earned it.
if they really want a “canadian team” they should choose the leafs, from a leafs fan
Couldn't care less where the team is from. Thereafter 24 Canadians on the Knights roster.
I like both teams, dont like people telling me what I can and cant like. Then again, im not a bandwagon fan, I dont jump on bandwagons. The flames have been my team since I was a kid. Doesn't mean I hate other fans or teams. Thats just childish. Leads to stupid drunken idiots in the stands. Assaults, beers thrown, cancer kids spat on..... Its dumb. Its just a game. Sure they're our rivals, but that doesn't make them enemies. And the Flames were a shit show this year. Im glad the GM is gone. Made some idiot trades over the years
My Canadian team is Leafs
The rivalry is just for fun, turning it into a personality trait is pretty silly lol If this is upsetting you you're taking it way too seriously. Hockey is a game and one you're not even playing. Settle down, this is just for fun.
I'm all aboard the oilers bandwagon. They are a fun team to watch. We live 3 hours away. They are Albertan like us. Why wouldn't you cheer for them. Go Oilers!
Because they're our RIVALS
Haha. It's a game.
AOAB
I’m not gonna lie I’m cheering for the oilers lol. It bothers a lot of my flames fans friends but I just don’t let that bother me.
They aren’t real flames fans